Hair strand curler



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HAIR STRAND CURL-ER Filed April 27, 1954 Paul L. Clzzk 1N VENTOR.

HAIR STRAND CURLER Paul L. Cleek, Kewanee, Ill.

Application April 27, 1954, Serial No. 425,819

6 Claims. (Cl. 132-e-42) My present invention relates broadly to hair strand curlers; and more particularly to an improved curling device including means for. better winding the ends of the hair in the strand into a tight curl, and thereafter winding the curled end toward the scalp to form a compact and uniform type of curl.

Curlers presently in use provide means to clamp a strand of hair adjacent its free end. The thus clamped strand may then be wound toward the scalp. Without further equipment many of the so wound hairs will have what is known as fishhook ends in the professional hairsetters vernacular. cut off and require time and expense in addition to the waving operation. Attempts to overcome this incorporate paper end envelopes which are placed on the end of the strand and winding of the curl is begun on paper. it carefully executed this method will reduce fishhook ends but requires a professional operator for proper execution.

Either of the above, and other well known means and methods may be difficult to use and hence have not been entirely successfully practiced by the home permanent users. The professional hairsetters however have devised different adaptations for some of the above devices and methods to obtain highly satisfactory work; but still at the expense of great care and excessive time.

It is therefore a broad object of my invention to provide an improved device for making correctly curled strands of hair, even when used by an unskilled operator for the first time.

A further object of my invention is to provide a hair strand curler having movable parts forming a guide for curling a strand and members for bringing the end of the strand into the center of a curl in a manner to prevent the formation of fishhook ends.

The above and other objects pertaining to the details and arrangement of parts will be either obvious or pointed out in the following specification and claims, when read with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which;

Figure l is a perspective view of a preferred form of my invention, as disassembled;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof;

Figures 3, 4 and 5 are end views showing stages of operation of my invention;

Figure 6 is an end view of a modification of my invention, and

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 2, but showing the modification shown in end view of Figure 6.

Referring more in detail to the drawings and first to Figure 1, one form of my invention comprises a base 10 in the form of a cup having a hole 11 and relief counter bore 12 therein. This counter bore prevents hairs from being caught between the parts. The base 10 may be formed of any suitable material but preferably is a plastic such as is conventionally used in the hair curling art. The base 10 has an upstanding stem 14 that may be formed integrally therewith, or be an insert such as a metal pin. The purpose of the same will be described nited States Patent These ends must either be singedor more in detail below. The peg 15 has a cylindrical end 16 adapted to fit into the hole 11, the tapers of the mating parts are such as to slip-frictionally secure them together. The degree of slip and friction may be controlled as desired by the fit of the end 16 into the hole 11. The pin 15has a hole 18 in the end into which a hardened end 20 of a resilient member 22 may be inserted. The member 22 may be formed of rubber or synthetic rubber or a suitable plastic that is resistant to hair setting solutions. The member 22 may have an enlarged end 24 that will not pass through a hole 25 in the end of the base 11. When a hair strand is curled around the pin 15 the member 22 may be stretched around the strand in the manner shown in Figure 2 and Figure 5 to secure the strand after the curling operation is completed on the strand. One or more holes 28 may be provided in the base 11 so that setting solutions will not be entrapped in the hole 11.

Referringnow to Figures 3, 4 and 5 the method for using my invention is illustrated. A strand of hair 39 having an end 31 is passed between the extension 14 and the pin 15'. Inasmuch as the pin is rotatable with respect to the base lit the extension 14, when turned in a clockwise direction, will cause the end 31 to wrap inside of the strand 38* substantially as shown in Figure 4. The clearance between the pin l5 and the stem 14 is only enough to permit entrance of a suitable size strand. Of course, it is to be understood where smaller or larger strands are to be curled more or less space or a larger or smaller size of curler can be provided.

As shown in Figure 4 the extension 14 has been rotated suificiently to pass in beneath the end 31 of the strand 3t and thus is in the center of the curl. When in this position the pin 15 and the base lltl may be frictionally held together by pressing same together snugly and rotated together to wind the curl to the scalp as shown in Figure 5. When the curl is wound suitably tightly to the scalp the member 22 may have its hardened end 20 placed into the hole iii of the pin 15, thus locking the curl into the desired curled position. From this point the solution maybe applied to the hair and suitable covers placed thereon to effect the hair waving operation. After the hair waving operation is completed, the end 29 i of the member 22 can be withdrawn from the hole 18 and the pin 15 withdrawn from the hole 11. Because of the flexibility of the material of member 22 it is also pos sible, by exerting slightly more effort, to disengage the curler by separating the parts from the position shown in Figure 2 and withdrawing the pin iii from the now completed curl.

In Figures 6 and 7 a modification of my invention is shown. A base is provided with curl guiding wings 112, although three wings 112 are shown, obviously any suitable number may be provided and different shapes thereof may be used. In addition the base lift is provided with an upstanding pin lit? that is substantially parallel with the upstanding member A pin 1.15 has a hole 115 therein adaptable for slip-frictional engagement with pin 316. In the modification shown herein a fastening member i222 may be formed of suitable rubber like material and is provided with looped ends 1.17 and 118 respectively. The end 'llll may be constrained in a groove 119 in the base lit). With this modification, when a curl is completed in the manner described in Figures 3, 4 and 5, the end 117 may he slipped over the end 115 suitably in the manner shown in Figure 7. Ohviously it would be possible by offsetting from center a hole in base 110 and providing a hole in the outer end of the pin 115 to use substantially the same type of curler securing means as member 22 described in Figures 1 and 2.

Although I have shown and described specific details of construction, it will obviously occur to others skilled in the art that difierent arrangements and difierent materials and different sizes may be used to obtain desirable results in waving operation such as described herein. Accordingly I wish not to be limited to the specific modifications shown and described but by the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A hair strand curler of the character described comprising, in combination, first and second parts, one part having a hole therein and the other part having a portion adapted to slip frictionally engage the hole, one of said parts having a surface for forming a curl in the hair, and the other part having an extension for winding the hair around said surface and the extension, the longitudinal axes of the hole and said extension being substantially in a common plane.

2. A hair strand curler having first and second relatively rotatable but securable parts, one of said parts having pivot mounting means for the other of said parts, one of said parts having a curl retaining surface upon which a strand of hair can be wound, and the other of said parts having a member for winding the end of a strand of hair upon itself and said surface to form a unidirectional curl; said parts having cooperating friction securing portions for rendering sam'e substantially unitary when secured for completing the curl.

3. In a hair curler, in combination, a pair of relatively rotatable detachable parts, releasable means for securing said parts together, and spaced means for receiving the end of a strand of hair therebetween and being relatively 4 rotatable with said parts for winding said end into the center of a curl formed by such rotation.

4. In a hair curler, a relatively stationary part, a relatively rotatable part adapted for mounting on said stationary part, and a member carried by said rotatable part for winding the end of a strand of hair to be curled into the center of the curl formed upon the curler.

5. In a hair curler, a relatively stationary part, a relatively rotatable part adapted for mounting on said stationary part, and a member carried by said rotatable part for winding the end of a strand of hair to be curled into the center of the curl formed upon the curler; and resilient releasable means for fastening said parts together.

6. In a hair curler, a relatively stationary part, a second part adapted for mounting upon said stationary part in a plurality of positions, one of said positions frictionally fastening said parts together and the other of said positions unfastening said parts so that they can be rotated relative to each other, and a member carried by said second part for winding the end of a strand of hair to be curled into the center of the curl formed upon the curler.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,896,617 Goodman ..-Feb. 7, 1933 2,249,315 Laskaris July 15, 1941 2,396,782 Grant Mar. 19, 1946 2,410,144 Ashford Oct. 29, 1946 2,677,380 Schoendorf May 4, 1954 

